Obituaries

Hector R. Anton, a former associate dean and
accounting professor at Berkeley-Haas, passed
away Nov. 22 in Massachusetts at the age of 92.

Anton was hired as an assistant professor at
Berkeley's business school in 1954 and became
a full professor in 1965. He served as associate
dean from 1969 to 1972 and retired in 1974.

"He was a hard-working teacher," recalled
former Haas Dean Earl "Budd" Cheit. "His work
and the depth of his understanding of the field
were respected by practitioners—so much so,
that he was recruited by accounting firms. He
finished his career as a senior partner in the
New York office of the Deloitte firm."

Anton was the author of several books on accounting practices and one on
Fortran and business data processing. He received his doctorate at the University
of Minnesota and his bachelor's and master's degrees from UCLA.

Anton served in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific as a radio technician
on a mine sweeper.

He is survived by his wife, Lois M. Anton; four children; four randchildren;
and one great-grandson.

Financial Engineering Student Arthur Qi

Arthur Qi, a student in the Berkeley-Haas Master
of Financial Engineering (MFE) Program,
passed away suddenly at the end of February,
about two weeks before the program's March 16
graduation.

Qi was a Chinese national who attended Haas
on an international student visa. He earned an
MBA at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business,
where he also served as academic manager,
heading two departments and several extensive
projects. He is the author of the case "BAIDU:
Searching for Truth," which is widely used by
business schools in China and the U.S.

Qi obtained a bachelor of economics degree from East China University of Science
and Technology. He started his career with Shanghai Pudong Development
Bank as an account manager and later worked in asset management at AEGONIndustrial
Mutual Fund.

MFE students and Executive Director Linda Kreitzman are creating a new
scholarship in Qi's memory to cover book costs for an MFE student each year.

Haas Undergraduate Vladimir Debabov

Haas Undergraduate Vladimir Dewbabov, BS 13, passed away jan. 21 after he was struck by a vehicle near Davis. He was 21.

The California Highway Patrol reported that Debabov was walking north on
Highway 113 when he was struck by a vehicle at about 3:50 a.m. The CHP said the
driver of the vehicle left after the collision.

Debabov was a member of the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity and had a summer
internship with AAA Insurance over the summer. He was from Foster City, Calif.